Lord of the flies
In World War 2 following a plane crash, where all adults on board died, a group of young English boys became stranded on a deserted island. Society has lead us to believe that adults are to teach and enforce rules to children and there were no adults to guide them. When Ralph and Piggy met in the first chapter, it was shown that Piggy understood the need for them to know how many people were on the island. While Piggy was a smart, little fat boy, Ralph was seen as a potential leader. It is seen very early they realise the need for leaders. Piggy seized the opportunity once they found the conch, telling Ralph "We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us." Once the stranded boys came to the sound of the conch, w
When reason is abandoned, only the strong survive. Golding believed that the natural state of humans is chaos and that man is inherently evil. Jack and his choir were prime example of boys who completely ignored the rules; "Bullock to the rules, bullock to the conch" are comments that came from Jack, when Piggy said "I have the conch, let me speak. From the start, Jack showed hostility to the decision against him. If left alone to set one's own standards and live the way one naturally wants one would become a savage. Even breaking this small rule of not letting the person with the conch speak, demonstrated the anarchy that was to come from Jack and his hunters. The rules are broken through Jack and his hunters by letting the fire go out. As the anarchy builds, Ralph looses his sanity and Golding explains his feelings, "There was no Piggy to talk sense. Without the fire and smoke, hope of being rescued was dramatically reduced as a ship passes the island. All the boys believed that life on the island would be fun. Obviously Ralph would have been killed. "One must wonder what would have happened if the boat with the naval officers had not come when they did. As there were no adults to enforce rules, that Ralph had set, many boys disobeyed and did not have the maturity to follow them. Only Ralph, Piggy and Simon believed and followed the rules.
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